Tongji University School of Medicine (TUSM) is a school of

Tongji University Tongji University () is a comprehensive public research university located in Shanghai. Established in 1907 by the German government together with German physicians in Shanghai, Tongji is one of the longest-standing, most selective, and most pr ...

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. The main campus of TUSM is located on Siping campus at 50 Chifeng Rd,

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History

Tongji University School of Medicine was founded in 1907 by the German doctor

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, who established the Tongji German Medical School in

, China. The foundation was aided by funding from Germany at the beginning. In 1917, the institutions was renamed to Tongji Medical and Engineering School and later Private Tongji Medical and Engineering Specialist School. The institution has been officially accepted as a university in 1923 and was renamed to National Tongji University and designated as National University of China in 1927. When the anti-Japanese war began 1937, the location of the institution was moved six times. Those cities or provinces were

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in 1940. In 1946, TUSM finally moved back to Shanghai.

Degree programs

As Medicine remains one of the key disciplines of Tongji University, TUSM offers several degree programs.

Chinese taught degree programs

*Bachelor of Clinical Medicine *Master of Medicine and Science *Doctor of Medicine (MD) *PhD

English taught degree programs

*Bachelor of Medicine *Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) *Master of Medicine *Doctor of Medicine MD TUSM also offers other graduate, scientific research, and international medical exchange programs besides the clinical degree programs.

Clinical institutes and centers

TUSM has seven affiliated teaching hospitals: *Tongji Hospital *Shanghai Tenth People Hospital *

Shanghai East Hospital Shanghai East Hospital () is a general hospital in Pudong, Shanghai, China. It is a teaching hospital affiliated to Tongji University. Facilities The Shanghai East (Oriental) Hospital, affiliated to Shanghai Tongji University School of Medicine w ...

Shanghai East Hospital
accessed 29/01/20 *Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital *Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Health Hospital *Shanghai Yangpu Hospital *Shanghai Yangzhi Rehabilitation Hospital

References

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